Fashion

Goodbye, Brat Summer! Hello, Demure Fall!

By this point, you’ve heard the word “demure,” perhaps even used it yourself, more in the past week than in the previous calendar decade. It’s because of a makeup artist named Jools Lebron, who recently shared a video explaining how and why she maintains a respectful amount of daily glamor when she arrives at her place of employment. “I do …

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10 Best Scalp Exfoliators in 2024 That’ll Tackle Flakes

Editor’s tip: Since this scalp treatment also contains heavy moisturizers, it’s meant to be a post-shampoo treatment that substitutes your usual conditioner. Key ingredients: rice powder buffing beads, salicylic acid, papaya enzymes, pineapple enzymes, Kalahari melon oil, jojoba oil | Fragrance-free: no Best Multi-Use Formula: Ouai Scalp & Body Scrub Why it’s worth it: Dr. Camp loves that Ouai’s Scalp …

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I Got a Salmon Sperm Facial—And I’d Do It Again

That evening, I washed my face with a gentle cleanser and applied the most ceramide-packed moisturizer I own to prevent any further irritation before calling it a night. The following day, I noticed my skin looked a lot smoother, more even-toned, and bouncy than it had the day before. I avoided any actives, such as retinol and AHAs, for the …

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Lowlights on Blonde Hair Are Having a Moment

Highlights, lowlights—it’s all semantics, right? Well, not exactly: These similar-sounding coloring techniques yield very different results, especially on blonde hair. If you ask the internet which look proved more popular this summer, it will undoubtedly tell you that lowlights reigned supreme. Recently, people have been repeatedly typing the phrase “lowlights on blonde hair” into the Pinterest search bar, causing a …

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13 Best Retinol Body Lotions of 2024 for Firmer, Baby-Soft Skin

Editor’s tip: Hussein loves to follow this intensive formula with a cushiony, hydrating body lotion. Her current lotion of choice: First Aid Beauty’s Ultra Repair Body Lotion, a thick cream spiked with colloidal oatmeal that soothes any retinol-related irritation she sometimes experiences. Key ingredients: 0.25% pure retinol, 5% niacinamide, 3% glycerin | Who it’s for: those seeking a lightweight, layering-friendly …

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We’re In Micro-Insecurity Hell | Allure

Not a single insecurity we’ve ever had about our bodies has been by accident. As far back as the 1950s, advertising brought tiny waists into fashion, a beauty standard that would endure through the “heroin chic” era of the 2000s, in which tabloids dissected celebrities’ bodies with increasingly rigorous standards and new terminology for so-called flaws like “love handles” and …

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Pom Klementieff on How Marvel’s Mantis Would Apply Her Lipstick

How many of us can say we’re skilled at acting, skydiving, and drawing on bold red lipstick? (Heck, we’d take any one of the three.) But actor Pom Klementieff—who has displayed her physical prowess on-screen in Mission: Impossible, Dead Reckoning Part One and multiple films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe—has somehow mastered all of the above. When she’s not on-set …

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11 Best Body Serums 2024 for All-Over Lightweight Moisture

Tester feedback: “Most retinol formulas leave my skin red and aching the morning after application, but this one houses aloe vera, glycerin, and rosemary leaf extract to hydrate dry skin and soothe, leaving behind fresh-looking skin that’s not tight-feeling or itchy every single time I use it,” senior news editor Nicola Dall’Asen previously wrote. “It’s the rare retinol formula that …

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32 Best Back-to-School Sales Giving Us Life in 2024

Yes, we’re shedding a single tear for the end of summer, but nothing dries our eyes quite like an avalanche of the best back-to-school sales tumbling into our open carts. Whether you’re shopping for your final semester at college, spoiling your freshly minted high school sophomore, or not even actively enrolled (hey, a sale’s a sale!), a new school year …

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